Garment-supporter loop



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EDWARD S. SMITH, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 548,234, dated October22, 1895.

Application filed August 14,1894. Serial No. 520,248. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. SMITH, of Waterbury, county of New Haven,State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement inGarment-Supporter Loops, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact specification.

My invention relates to an improved garment-fastener; and it consists,essentially, in improving the loop shown and described in my priorpatent, No. 500,353, dated June 27, 1893.

My invention has for its object the formation of a loop to be used inconnection with the stud ordinarily used with garment-fasteners of thisdescription which will securely hold the stud and the portion of thegarment carried by the same in such a manner that accidentaldisengagement will be practically impossible, and which will be simplein application, and which will, by the presence of the smoothlining-piece around the lower inner edge of the loop, prevent thegarment from being unduly worn at this point, the said lining-pieceperforming in addition the function of preventing the stud-shank fromescaping from the loop, as hereinafter described.

My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a front elevation of one of the details of my invention.Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the completed article, and'Fig. 3 is avertical section on the line a; m, Fig. 2.

A A are curved arms meeting at the upper end of the loop and separatedat their lower ends, as shown. The space between arms A A is broadesttoward its upper end to admit the stud-head ordinarily used withgarment-fasteners of this description and shown in my prior patent abovereferred to. At an intermediate point in the length of the arms A A,which constitute the sides of the loop, the said arms approach eachother, so as to form an intermediate narrowed throat through which it isnecessary to pass the shank of the stud. The distance between these armsat this point is substantially the same, or less, than the diameter ofthe stud-shank, so that when said shank and the garment around the sameis passed therethrough the arms spring apart slightly, being permittedto do so by the separation at their lower ends, and the stud passes intothe seat at the lower end of the loop.

A curved lining-piece B, corresponding substantially to the curve of thelower inner edge of the arms A A, is provided for the purpose ofaffording a smooth seat for the-stud-shank. This lining-piece also actsas a sheath for the lower ends of the arms A A and prevents thestud-shank from being pulled through the space between the said lowerends of the arms A A.' The particular feature of my invention consistsin the novel way in which this lining-piece is held in place.

Recesses D D are provided in the inner edge of the arms A A, toward thelower ends thereof, to a depth I corresponding substantially to thethickness of the lining-piece B. The ends of the curved lining-piecerest in these recesses, which, as will be readily seen, prevent it fromslipping from engagement with the loop unless the side arms A A areforced apart to an entirely unnecessary degree. To obviate thisemergency an additional means for securing the lining-piece may beafiorded, which consists in bending the two lower edges of thelining-piece toward each other into a recess formed in the lower end ofthe loop, (indicated by the dotted line in Fig. 2 and clearly shown inFig. 1,) so that the ends of the arms A A are sheathed there in. Thisforms a very satisfactory and desirable article and prevents the garmentfrom being pinched between the ends of said arms and torn thereby.

In addition to the above it will be clearly seen that the upper ends ofthe lining-piece cannot Wear the garment for the reason that they lie inthe recesses D D so that the upper surface of the lining-piece is flushwith the inner edge of the loop.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is I v In a garment fastener a loop, the side arms ofwhich meet at one end of said loop and are disunited at the opposite endof said loop, lining piece loosely rest therein, the lower opwith alining piece shielding the disunited posite edges of the lining piecebeing pinched ends of the said side arms, said lining piece toward eachother underneath said 100p.

being loosely held in position by recesses ED WARD S. SMITH. 5 formed inthe inner edge of said side arms to Witnesses:

a depth equal substantially to the thickness R. H. SMITH,

of the metal lining piece,-the ends of which CHARLES F. BRONSON.

